#255 - 2022 Whitetail Rut Forecast - When Will It Start? Rut Predictions With Jeff Sturgis
The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests
Jake Hofer
4.9 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, We are back in the studio talking with Jeff Sturgis of Whitetail Habitat Solutions. Jeff is a previous guest on the Exodus Podcast and always has some great information for us when it comes to chasing whitetail deer.
We discuss:
-Jeff's plan for the fall
-Prepping for a dream Saskatchewan whitetail hunt
-Public land hill country strategies
-What food sources to key in on when hunting big woods
-Public land gun season strategies
-How long it takes a property to heal after spooking a mature buck
-How to determine when is the right time to hunt a certain stand
-Nailing access to avoid spooking deer off of food
-The perfect afternoon set up for Late October/Early November
-The 2022 rut prediction
-Does early sign mean an early rut?
-How important a cold front is to hunting in late October
-When is the best time to hunt in October mornings?
-Setting up your farm the right way vs hunting it the right way
-When is the rut going to happen this fall
-2nd rut hunting strategies
And so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | What is going on? Welcome to the Exodus podcast. This is Jake Hofer. And this week we have a great episode with Jeff Sturgis from Whitetail Habitat Solutions. |
| 0:08.7 | Exodus has had the pleasure of working with Jeff for almost since the dawn of Exodus seven years ago. |
| 0:14.5 | And it's always great to catch up with Jeff, hear his perspective on a lot of different things. |
| 0:20.2 | And you're going to get here some bold |
| 0:22.1 | rut predictions for this upcoming fall, along with a lot of October strategy, scrape strategy |
| 0:27.5 | to make the most out of the next couple of weeks while you're out trying to fill your tag. |
| 0:32.2 | We have a lot of new listeners here rolling in on the Exodus podcast. And in case you're not |
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